Protest as Love

Protest as Love by Alberta Whittle is an exclusive limited-edition screenprint newly created for Forma by Alberta as a generous testament to their cherished friendship, which has evolved over three-years of collaboration and support. 

This edition, like Alberta’s wider practice, speaks to compassion as resistance - a championing of love as a means to spell the end of discrimination, brutality, racism and anti-Blackness.  

Protest as Love is a screenprint with aluminium and pink drop-shadow lettering on Somerset Satin 300gsm paper. 50 prints have been produced, signed and numbered by the artist. The print was made with the expert support from the team at Dundee Contemporary Arts Print Studios.

Alberta Whittle says, "Protest as Love is an offering of love and a reminder of our civil liberties to protest and demand change. It was made in appreciation of the love and support I’ve received from my friends at Forma." 

Alberta was born in 1980 in Bridgetown, Barbados, and she lives and works in Glasgow. After studying tapestry at Edinburgh College of Art, she completed a Masters degree at Glasgow School of Art. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Edinburgh, and Research Associate at The University of Johannesburg in South Africa. 

The first 10 editions are priced at £400. The remaining 40 editions are priced at £550.

Editions will be shipped from the week commencing 27 November.